Where does “ministerikausi” come from?
ministerikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ministeri, from Swedish minister, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.
ministerikausi (Finnish): ministerial term, term as a minister
Definitions
- ministerial term, term as a minister
Ancestry of “ministerikausi”, step by step
ministerikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ministeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ministeri | a minister; an honorary title of the second rank... |
| 2 | Swedish | minister | a minister |
| 3 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 4 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |
via Finnish kausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |